This paper identifies the characteristics of strategic planning systems of transit agencies that enhance these agencies' abilities to respond effectively to federal legislative requirements and mandates, and have positive community impacts. These characteristics are, each unit or division must...

Transit service is a for-hire, shared urban passenger transportation service that is fixed-route and scheduled. The study of the economics of transit systems (especially U.S. public transit systems and U.K. public transport) has been responsible for many developments in transport economics,...